hmmm,
what up with this story on GB Alvin ?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=455939577The GB add for the record-to show the bogus description by Jerry lee aka Alvin Linden.
THIS BEAUTIFUL MANNLICHER,WAS BUILT BY W. SCHLEY HOWARD PREMIER GUNSMITH IN GEORGIA,DURING THE 1930'S-50'S.HE BUILT THIS IN THE CLASSIC PRE-WAR STYLE,FOR MY UNCLE IN 1937;A DEFENSE LAWYER AS WAS SCHLEY.IT IS A 20IN. BARRELED,30-06 98 MAUSER.SCHLEY BUILT RIFLES FOR OUTDOOR WRITERS,CHARLES ELLIOTT AND JACK O'CONNOR AT OUTDOOR LIFE AND FOR ELMER KEITH AND COL. CHARLES ASKIN,JUST TO NAME A FEW.HE ALSO BUILT RIFLES FOR CLOSE FRIENDS,ACTORS ROBERT STACK,GARY COOPER AND CLARK GABLE AND ROBERT W. WOODRUFF,CEO OF COCA COLA.GABLE SLIPPED OUT AND STAYED OVERNIGHT WITH SCHLEY,WHILE IN ATLANTA AT THE PREMIER OF "GONE WITH THE WIND",IN 1939.THIS RIFLE WAS HARDLY USED BY MY UNCLE,PRIMARILY BECAUSE HE REGRETTED LETTING SCHLEY TALK HIM INTO CHOOSING THIS STOCK STYLE FOR A 30/06, AND THEN CUT IT FROM A LONG BEAUTIFUL,FRENCH WALNUT BLANK HE HAD SAVED.IT WAS BUILT ON A TYPE B MAUSER COMMERCIAL ACTION THAT HAS NO ACTION MARKINGS,AS WAS THE STYLE ON MANY OF THE OBERNDORF COMMERCIAL SPORTERS OF THAT PERIOD,WITH THE MARKINGS APPEARING ON THE BARREL.THE BARREL WAS A LIKE NEW TAKE OFF, FROM A LONGER GERMAN MANNLICHER, CUT DOWN/CROWNED TO 20 INCHES.THE BLUING IS DARK BLACK BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL,NO RUST,AND LITTLE WEAR.THE BARREL HAS BEEN SHOT LITTLE AND THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS PROBLEMS.IT HAS AN EARLY CUSTOM,LOW SCOPE SAFETY AND HAND SWISS CHECKERED,BOLT HANDLE OF SCHLEYS OWN DESIGN.THE SCHNABEL FORE ARM TIP AND GRIP CAP ARE OF BUFFALO HORN,I BELIEVE RECOVERED FROM AN AFRICAN SAFARI THEY TOOK TOGETHER IN 1935 OR SCHLEY TOOK WITH WOODRUFF THAT YEAR.THE ACTION IS VERY SMOOTH AND THE TRIGGER NICE AND SINGLE STAGE.IT HAS AN EARLY PUSH BUTTON FLOORPLATE RELEASE.THE STOCK WAS CUT AND SHAPED BY DRAWKNIFE FROM THE STICK OF BEAUTIFULLY FIGURED, TIGER STRIPED AND SWIRLED, FRENCH WALNUT BY HAND AND HAND TOOLS,NOT A PANTOGRAPH OR DUPLICATOR.THE STOCK'S DESIGN IS A COPY OF A MANNLICHER SCHOENAUER 9.3X62 THAT SCHLEY BUILT FOR HIS TRIP TO AFRICA AND MY UNCLE LOVED THAT GUN SO MUCH, HE COPIED THE CLASSIC GERMAN AFRICAN RIFLE PATTERN,IT WAS BASED ON.THIS RIFLE POINTS LIKE A LIGHT BIRDGUN.IT HAS 28...YES I SAID 28 LINES CHECKERING PER INCH. CHECKERING THAT IS STILL PRISTINE SHARP,TO THE TOUCH.IT HAS FULL COVERAGE, WRAP AROUND CHECKERING WITH THE CLASSIC MULTI-POINT PATTERN ON THE FOREARM AND 2 PISTOL GRIP MULTI POINT PANELS.IT ALSO HAS THE TRADITIONAL GERMAN STYLE 2 SIDE PANEL CHECKERING FOR MID RIFLE, TOTE HANDGRIP.IT HAS THE 1930'S POPULAR STYLE, SWIRL CHEEKPIECE THAT GRACEFULLY FLOWS INTO THE SLIM BUT FINELY SHAPED PISTOLGRIP. IT HAS A PACHMAYR CUSTOM BROWN, PRESENTATION RECOIL PAD,ADDED IN THE 50'S WHEN MY UNCLE'S 2ND COUSIN STARTED HUNTING WITH HIM, AND DIDN'T LIKE, THE STEEL BUTTPLATE.THE LENGTH OF PULL IS 14.5 INS.THE RIFLE WEIGHS APPROX. 8LBS.YOU CAN TELL IT HAS BEEN VERY LOVINGLY CARED FOR,NO ABUSE,NO BURRED GUARD SCREWS ETC.THE GUN WAS LOOKED AT BY A FRIEND OF MINE,A RETIRED CUSTOM RIFLE BUILDER AND HE SAID THE GUN LOOKED GOOD.WE CHANGED THE ORIGINAL SCOPE,A WEAVER 30S TO AN EL PASO/U.S.A. STEEL TUBE K4 [WITH REDFIELD MOUNTS]WITH CROSSHAIRS,THE 30S WAS SLIGHTLY FOGGED,THIS BEING HIS ONLY RECOMMENDATION.THE LAST TIME IT WAS SHOT,IT SHOT WELL UNDER A .75IN. 3 SHOT GROUP,AT A 100 YDS. I AM PRICING THIS VERY...VERY RIGHT, AS I INHERITED THIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER,WHO IS STARTING COLLEGE AT THE IVY LEAGUE. SHIPPING IS A FLAT $25 TO THE LOWER 48.THANKS FOR LOOKING AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS.U.S.POSTAL MONEY ORDER OR BANK CASHIER'S CHECK WITHIN 7 DAYS,UNLESS PRE-APPROVED.
